Reviewer: Edgar Kramer 
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Source: AMR CD-77.1 CD player, MacBook with BitPerfect player and AIFF files, DEQX as DAC and preamplifier  
Preamplifier: Supratek Reference DHT with Bendix rectifier tube; NuForce P20 
Amplifier: NuForce Reference 18 monoblocks; Parasound Halo JC 1 monos 
Speakers: Wilson Audio Specialties Alexia 
Cables digital: Cerious Technologies; Harmonic Technology Magic; NuForce digital cables; ZenSati Seraphim; analog interconnects - Bocchino Audio Morning Glory; Cable Research Laboratory (CRL) Gold with Bocchino XLR and RCA; Cerious Technologies; DanA Digital Reference Silver; ETI Quiessence Reference; Exakte IC; Harmonic Technology Magic; MIT Giant Killer MPC; NuForce IC-700; PSC Audio Monolith AG; PSC Audio Pristine R30 Ribbon; ZenSati Seraphim RCA & XLR; speaker cables - Cerious Technologies; ETI Quiessence Reference; Exakte speaker cable; MIT Giant Killer GK-1 loudspeaker cables; NuForce SC-700; ZenSati Seraphim; power cords - Cerious Technologies AC; Eichmann eXpress AC power cables; Exakte AC; Harmonic Technology Fantasy; PSC Gold Power MKII; Shunyata Research Diamondback 
Stands: SGR Signature racks 
Sundry accessories: Burson Audio Buffer, Bright Star Audio IsoRock Reference 3 and BSA IsoNode feet; Bocchino Audio Mecado isolation diodes; Black Diamond Racing cones; Stillpoints ERS paper in strategic positions, Shakti On Lines; Densen & IsoTek CD demagnetizer; Auric Illuminator CD Treatment 
Room size: 6.4m wide by 7.1m long with high ceiling and narrow cavity behind speakers. Room has been professionally measured and found to be extraordinarily flat and neutral 
Review component retail: AU$8500/pr
Do we really need another speaker manufacturer? Really? There seems to be an overabundance of speaker manufacturers in the global market. Many are formulaic. Choose off-the-shelf drivers, whack them into a pretty box —and yes, this element of aesthetics is crucial—solder together a crossover by the proven speaker design cook book and there you go. Done.


There’s no extension of the art involved; no creative engineering, no imaginative design. But given a moderate marketing budget, sharp salesmanship and solid industry contacts, a level of success can be attained to result in adequate market buoyancy.


I’ve seen many such scenarios. But brutal reality eventually catches up. It’s still survival of the fittest. Mediocrity is sifted and filtered by natural audiophile selection.


Redefy Audio, a new Australian company, have launched in a way that will, um… defy the market with products of a differential quality to the cookie-cutter brigade. With its first offerings, the company have brought to market distinctive designs in terms of driver compliments and generous material value for the consumer’s investment. Owner and designer Henry Kristanto comes with decades of experience as an audio enthusiast and music lover. His long-lived participation in audio at a hobby level saw Kristanto gravitate towards high-output/efficiency speakers capable of the full bandwidth. His early designs used conventional dynamic drivers authored with that preferred theme. His crossovers and overall 'voicing' are expressions of a desire for simplicity and ample dynamic range. The importance which Kristanto places on dynamic expression further led him to horns for tweeter loading and the use of rugged high-output professional drivers. It is this journey that now culminated in the launch of Redefy Audio whose latest offering is simply named Two and is the subject of examination here.